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| LOCAL DEMOCRACY PETITION - INITIAL SPEAKERS | |||
| Date: 1985 Film Number: 7582 | |||
| First part of the launch of the Democracy Petition and Campaign to bring to people's attention what is happening to Manchester with the Tory cuts. The launch is in a Committee Room of Manchester Town Hall to a packed audience. A group of officials and petitioners including Mike Harding; Dick Pickering, local Trade Union representative and President of Boiler Makers Union; Graham Stringer, the leader of Manchester City Council; Roger Taylor, Manchester Town Clerk; Francis Dern; and Canon Alan Goweth. Each speaks about Manchester's plight - 50,000 people out of work, loss of 20 jobs per day since mid 1979, 1 in 4 household affected, 50% of children receiving free school meals (some areas up to 80%). Francis Dern speaks about the impact on people's everyday life and Canon Goweth speaks on behalf of Manchester Council for Voluntary Service (MCVS) and their co-ordinating role for the voluntary sector in Manchester. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
| LOCAL DEMOCRACY PETITION - ROGER TAYLOR & MIKE HARDING | |||
| Date: 1985 Film Number: 7583 | |||
| Second part of the launch of the Democracy Petition and Campaign to bring to people's attention what is happening to Manchester with the Tory cuts. The launch is in a Committee Room of Manchester Town Hall to a packed audience. A group of officials and petitioners including Mike Harding; Dick Pickering, local Trade Union representative and President of Boiler Makers Union; Graham Stringer, the leader of Manchester City Council; Roger Taylor, Manchester Town Clerk; Francis Dern; and Canon Alan Goweth. Roger Taylor talks about the impact of the cuts on finances and spending - how local Officers are denied the right to plan and deliver their own local services. Then Mike Harding speaks - reminiscing about his life in Manchester in the 1950's and 60's and comparing things that are happening now. Footage of people signing the petition following the launch. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
| LOCAL DEMOCRACY PETITION - INTERVIEWS | |||
| Date: 1985 Film Number: 7584 | |||
| Third part of the launch of the Democracy Petition and Campaign to bring to people's attention what is happening to Manchester with the Tory cuts. The launch is in a Committee Room of Manchester Town Hall to a packed audience. A group of officials and petitioners. On the steps of Manchester Town Hall following the launch, members of the public are interviewed about the petition. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
| CND DEMONSTRATION, LONDON | |||
| Date: 1985 Film Number: 7585 | |||
| A CND rally in Hyde Park, London with speakers from across Europe including an Icelander. Also someone speaks on behalf of young people in the context the number of young people out of work. Some protest singers and then Arthur Scargill speaks, proposing a course of civil disobedience. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
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| PEDRO GALLEGUILLOS ANTI-DEPORTATION CAMPAIGN - MARCH | |||
| Date: 1985 Film Number: 7586 | |||
| A small anti-deportation demonstration and rally in support of Pedro Galleguillos who is under threat of deportation to Chile. The demonstrators walk in front of the BBC on Oxford Road, Manchester. towards Manchester City Centre. Demonstrators featured include Close up of Mohsin Zulfiqar, Gareth Richards, Paul Okojie, Francisca Carrasco and other members of Meli Antu, a Chilean group. They arrive at Albert Square for a rally where Gareth Richards welcomes the Chilean comrades and speaks about Pedro's situation and cultures of resistance. Rosa Hervia speaks about the spirit of struggle and introduces Omar and Doris Maldonado - Chilean musicians and singers - who sing for about 13 minutes. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
| PEDRO GALLEGUILLOS ANTI-DEPORTATION CAMPAIGN - RALLY | |||
| Date: 1985 Film Number: 7587 | |||
| A small anti-deportation demonstration and rally in support of Pedro Galleguillos under threat of deportation back to Chile. The rally is in Albert Square, Manchester where Francisca Carrasco talks about Chile on behalf of ACCHLA (Chile and Latin American Cultural Association) and the danger of sending Pedro back to Chile. Then Pedro speaks about his imprisonment in Strangeways Prison in Manchester. There are a series of other speakers who recount the worsening situation for black people in the UK and the Pinochet coup in Chile. Final speaker is Morenga Bambala from the All Africa People's Revolutionary Party (AAPRP) who speaks in solidarity with people under threat of deportation. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
| PEDRO GALLEGUILLOS ANTI-DEPORTATION CAMPAIGN - AMBUJ MUKERJEE | |||
| Date: 1985 Film Number: 7588 | |||
| A small anti-deportation demonstration and rally in support of Pedro Galleguillos under threat of deportation to Chile in Albert Square, Manchester. Ambuj Mukerjee speaks for seven minutes and the rally ends. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
| PEDRO GALLEGUILLOS ANTI-DEPORTATION CAMPAIGN - EDIT | |||
| Date: 1985 Film Number: 7589 | |||
| An anti-deportation demonstration and rally in support of Pedro Galleguillos under threat of deportation back to Chile, showing the demo, banners, slogans, marching through the city centre streets into Albert Square. Footage covers speeches of various participants and Omar and Doris Maldonado singing Latin American protest songs. Tariq Mehmood speaks about the deportation policies of the government with 250 people per month being deported. Then Ambuj Mukerjee talks about legal cases that have taken place - not equal justice for men but unequal justice for women to eliminate sex discrimination. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
| MANCHESTER SHOW 1985 - ARRIVAL & FUN-FAIR | |||
| Date: 1985 Film Number: 7590 | |||
| Street scenes around Platt Fields Park, Rusholme, Manchester with people and families walking towards the park to attend the Manchester Show. Lots of shots of children in trolleys, families gathering, waiting, balloons, etc. Views of the fun-fair and from the top of a slide, and an aerial shot looking down onto the fair and people below. Children riding down the slide on mats and then a concert with young people sitting on the grass and congregating around the marquees with bands and music. Shots of the performers and looking out from stage. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
| MANCHESTER SHOW 1985 - CONCERT & SPEAKERS | |||
| Date: 1985 Film Number: 7591 | |||
| Scenes at Manchester Show at Platt Fields, Rusholme in Manchester. Young people watch a concert. Speech by a young homeless person about the 50,000 homeless people under-26 in this country. He talks about the Board and Lodging legislation brought in by the Tories which forced young people into B&B. Asks people to sign the petition to campaign against the legislation. Ends with an interview with a black family about the new legislation. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
| 'HEROES AND MARTYRS' FROM NICARAGUA - INTERVIEW | |||
| Date: 1985 Film Number: 7592 | |||
| Footage of the visit by the Nicaraguan band 'Heroes and Martyrs' to WFA in Manchester. The group are interviewed by Michael Vaughan and a group of other activists including Maria Isobella Vaughan, May Stone, Dot McGovern, Rosa Hervia and an interpreter translates for the group. They talk about how they were set up - formed by a group of people from the countryside wanting to express the feelings of the people through their songs. Their name comes from a massacre that took place in Nicaragua in 1952 as a way of remembering. The people who were killed were rural workers organising in the countryside. They talk about the attacks of the Contras on the population today and the impact of the economic situation on the country with the US blockade. They are asked questions about the rumour that the Sandinistas are supplying arms to neighbouring countries and how they organise against the atrocities taking place. Also the role of women and how the tour came about which they explain in terms of the growing terror being imposed on them and the necessity to gain more support for their cause. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
| 'HEROES AND MARTYRS' FROM NICARAGUA - INTRODUCTION | |||
| Date: 1985 Film Number: 7593 | |||
| Footage of a concert by the Nicaraguan band 'Heroes and Martyrs' at WFA in Manchester. The evening is introduced by Maria Isobella Vaughan who talks about the Ronald Reagan presidential regime in USA and attacks made on Sandanista revolution - people fighting for their own liberation. Then Francisca Carrosco on behalf of ACCHLA (Chilean and Latin American Cultural Association) welcomes Nicaraguan comrades. Chilean people and all peoples give solidarity with the struggle of the Nicaraguan people. There are messages from the NUM (Miners Union) who have given support to the Nicaraguans and welcome the resurgence of popular culture. The group of five musicians then start to play - accordions, guitars and Spanish vocals. People dance on the small area in front of the stage. During the interval a speaker from Pakistan talks about US imperial policies in Pakistan and Morenga Bangbata speaks about apartheid in Azania (South Africa). Morena Monerang reads a poem about Azania. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
| 'HEROES AND MARTYRS' FROM NICARAGUA | |||
| Date: 1985 Film Number: 7594 | |||
| Footage of a concert by the Nicaraguan band 'Heroes and Martyrs' at WFA in Manchester. After the interval one of the group speaks to the audience about the situation in Nicaragua, the role of the FSLN (Sandinista National Liberation Front) as a vanguard for the people and President Ronald Reagan's determination to defeat them through the economic blockage being imposed. The concert continues and at the end a collection is taken and a raffle drawn. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
| 'HEROES AND MARTYRS' FROM NICARAGUA - TOWN HALL RECEPTION | |||
| Date: 1985 Film Number: 7595 | |||
| A reception at Manchester Town Hall for Nicaraguan band, 'Heroes and Martyrs', with a welcome by an official from Manchester City Council who talks about the friendship agreement with Puerto Cabazis, Nicaragua and the European Union's opposition to President Reagan's policies in Central America. He presents the shield of the City of Manchester to the group leader who responds with greetings from Nicaragua and the Agricultural Workers' Union of which they are members. He talks about the economic sanctions which began this month, causing great social and economic problems. Another person speaks on behalf of the Nicaragua Solidarity Campaign and makes parallels between the cuts being suffered in Manchester and attacks on Nicaragua by USA. Scenes from a reception with people socialising. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
| 'HEROES AND MARTYRS' FROM NICARAGUA - PLAYING IN THE TOWN HALL | |||
| Date: 1985 Film Number: 7596 | |||
| A reception at Manchester Town Hall for Nicaragua's 'Heroes and Martyrs' cultural group as part of the friendship agreement between Manchester and Puerto Cabazis in Nicaragua. Following the official welcome the group play their music in the reception room which people watching. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
| SOUTH MANCHESTER COLLEGE - CAFETERIA | |||
| Date: 1985 Film Number: 7597 | |||
| Footage from a commission about South Manchester College. In this case it is footage in the cafeteria, the catering class. General shots of young people queuing for food, sitting at tables, eating, being served. Then some of the young people are interviewed about work release and counselling. Ends with cafeteria workers having a break and chatting. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
| EXPRESSIONS - PART 1 | |||
| Date: 1985 Film Number: 7598 | |||
| Fund raiser for Save the Children Fund and the Ethiopian famine disaster - a large amateur dance show produced by Suzanne Brown with about 70 people in 15 groups participating. Groups performing include Stretford and Urmston Keep Fit Team, Irlam Keep Fit, Digital Expression, Teen Angels, Bolton Dance Centre, Sale Dance Group, Juliette Angel and Company, Brabham Sports Hall in Marple, Ghost Busters and many more. All ages, all kinds of dancing - ballroom, break dancing, modern/popular, acrobat dancing and many others. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
| EXPRESSIONS - PART 2 | |||
| Date: 1985 Film Number: 7599 | |||
| Fund raiser for Save the Children Fund and the Ethiopian famine disaster - a large amateur dance show produced by Suzanne Brown with about 70 people in 15 groups participating. Groups performing include Stretford and Urmston Keep Fit Team, Irlam Keep Fit, Digital Expression, Teen Angels, Bolton Dance Centre, Sale Dance Group, Juliette Angel and Company, Brabham Sports Hall in Marple, Ghost Busters and many more. All ages, all kinds of dancing - ballroom, break dancing, modern/popular, acrobat dancing and many others. At the end of the concert all the performers and choreographers come on stage for a grand finale. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
| LOCAL GOVERNMENT INFORMATION UNIT (LGIU) CONFERENCE - PLENARY SESSION | |||
| Date: 1985 Film Number: 7600 | |||
| Plenary session of the LGIU (Local Government Information Unit) Conference. Held in a large committee room at Manchester Town Hall and attended by over 100 people with a panel of speakers on the stage. Brother John Edmunds speaks on the relationship between local government and the unions and is critical of the rather 'cosy' relationship between Shop Stewards and Local Government (LG) officials. Followed by a voluntary sector speaker who stresses the commitment to improving services but LG as partners need to understand the constraints faced by voluntary sector - particularly financial constraints and slow payments being made. Keever Coombs - Leader of Merseyside Council then speaks (as substitute for Ken Livingstone) about the abolition debate and bill. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
| LOCAL GOVERNMENT INFORMATION UNIT (LGIU) CONFERENCE - PLENARY SESSION 2 | |||
| Date: 1985 Film Number: 7601 | |||
| Plenary session of LGIU (Local Government Information Unit) Conference. Held in a large committee room at Manchester Town Hall and attended by over 100 people with a panel of speakers on the stage. Keever Coombs - Leader of Merseyside Council speaks (as substitute for Ken Livingstone) about the abolition debate and bill which will effect Liverpool, Greater London Authority (GLA) and Edinburgh. Then a series of contributions from the floor. Judy McNight speaks in defence of the welfare state and how tide is turning in popular support against the cuts. Necessity to get message over to people absolutely crucial. Followed by Alistair McCreagh from NUPE (National Union for Public Employees) speaking about co-ordinating the response of Local Government and trade unions to oppose Government measures. He speaks against any public abuse of one another. Followed by John Newman from UNISON & Joint Trade Union Committee who takes up the issue raised by Brother Edmunds about incorporation. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
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